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Author
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Discover secret math and science tricks to creating art! This title introduces readers to the sciences with a creative twist. Math and science lessons are interspersed with optical illusion activities. All activities include how-to photos, easy instructions, and clear explanations.
3) Don't blink!
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Formats
Description
"A page turns every time you blink, bringing you closer to the end of the book--and bedtime"--
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
Something that's been printed on paper can't possibly be able to move, right? Because of how our brain works, though, it's possible to create images that seem to move or shake. On every page of this book, readers can test out different optical illusions while learning how they work. Facts boxes add mind-boggling details about how the human brain deals with certain kinds of art, images, and see the world around us to create optical illusions. With...
14) Eye Teasers
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
Those studying art spend a long time learning about how to create the right perspective. Depending on what's around a tree or animal, the main part of the image can look different, bigger, smaller, closer, or farther away. It's really just a trick. Readers learn how the brain is affected by these optical illusions through accessible content as well as many examples they'll have fun deciphering. Including STEAM concepts including art, science, and...
Author
Pub. Date
c2000
Description
This collection of optical illusions uses colors to make objects seem larger, smaller, faster, or even better looking than they are. The trick is in the backgrounds, and each illusion is like a multi-part puzzle with many different aspects about it. Full-color illustrations.
18) Now you see it
Pub. Date
c1995
Description
A series of computer-generated 3D picture puzzles that challenge viewers to find the images within images.
Author
Pub. Date
[2010]
Description
Stephen Macknik and Susana Martinez-Conde, the founders of the new discipline of neuromagic, have convinced some of the world's greatest magicians to allow scientists to study their techniques for tricking the brain. This book is the result of the authors' yearlong, world-wide exploration of magic and how its principles apply to our behavior. Magic tricks fool us because humans have hardwired processes of attention and awareness that are hackable--a...
20) Seeing things!
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2020.
Description
Salvador Dali is just one artist that employed the use of double images in his art. This historical practice can really puzzle someone looking at Dali's artwork, until they see the second image. This book introduces readers to interesting artistic concepts as well as how the human brain perceives them. Readers draw connections between scientific theory, art, and their own experiences looking at the many optical illusions found in each chapter. A sure...